Alleged Lulzsec member, Ryan Cleary, indicted in U.S. by Tania Dunn On Tuesday June 12th a member of the group Lulzsec was indicted by a U.S. Federal Grand Jury. Ryan Cleary is charged with one count of conspiracy and two counts of unauthorized impairment of a protected computer in connection with the attacks on Sony, PBS and FOX. These charges carry a maximum sentence of 25 years. He is accused of controlling a large botnet that may have consisted of hundreds of thousands of computers. He is also accused of identifying security vulnerabilities on computer networks and taking and publishing victim’s information. Ryan Cleary, a British citizen, has been in trouble before for the same type of offenses. In 2011 he was arrested in Britain for allegedly taking part in a DDOS attack against Britain’s Serious Organized Crime Agency. Just recently in March his bail was revoked after he contacted former LulzSec leader Hector Xavier Monsegur. Ryan Cleary is described as a 20 year old young man diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome, which is a high functioning type of autism.
Experts warn of shortage of U.S. cyber pros by Tania Dunn
Several leading cyber experts are concerned with the lack of talented computer security experts. They say it can have a devastating effect not only on the private sector but especially on national security. And currently they do not see the shortage changing in the future.
The problem has become so bad that U.S. government agencies try to lure away talented security experts from private firms. In response, the private firms no longer send their “A” team on consultations and require their experts to sign a contract with a non-poaching clause.
Several U.S. agencies have begun attending Defcon, an underground hacking conference, in hopes of recruiting gifted hackers that they would otherwise not come in contact with.
One of the reasons for the lack of computer security experts is that it is a thankless job. When these experts perform their job correctly, they will go unnoticed. They only get noticed when something goes wrong.
Another reason for the lack of talented experts is the deficiency of math and science graduates from U.S. universities. To combat this problem the National Security Agency recently set up new cyber-ops programs at a few choice universities to increase the number of cyber experts needed for secret intelligence operations. In addition, Northrop Grumman Corp partnered with the University of Maryland and opened the first honors program in cyber security.
Even though there have been steps made to increase the number of computer security experts, the estimated shortage is still predicted to be in the 40,000s.
by Tania Dunn
On Tuesday June 12th a member of the group Lulzsec was indicted by a U.S. Federal Grand Jury. Ryan Cleary is charged with one count of conspiracy and two counts of unauthorized impairment of a protected computer in connection with the attacks on Sony, PBS and FOX. These charges carry a maximum sentence of 25 years. He is accused of controlling a large botnet that may have consisted of hundreds of thousands of computers. He is also accused of identifying security vulnerabilities on computer networks and taking and publishing victim’s information.
Ryan Cleary, a British citizen, has been in trouble before for the same type of offenses. In 2011 he was arrested in Britain for allegedly taking part in a DDOS attack against Britain’s Serious Organized Crime Agency. Just recently in March his bail was revoked after he contacted former LulzSec leader Hector Xavier Monsegur.
Ryan Cleary is described as a 20 year old young man diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome, which is a high functioning type of autism.
Experts warn of shortage of U.S. cyber pros
by Tania Dunn
Several leading cyber experts are concerned with the lack of talented computer security experts. They say it can have a devastating effect not only on the private sector but especially on national security. And currently they do not see the shortage changing in the future.
The problem has become so bad that U.S. government agencies try to lure away talented security experts from private firms. In response, the private firms no longer send their “A” team on consultations and require their experts to sign a contract with a non-poaching clause.
Several U.S. agencies have begun attending Defcon, an underground hacking conference, in hopes of recruiting gifted hackers that they would otherwise not come in contact with.
One of the reasons for the lack of computer security experts is that it is a thankless job. When these experts perform their job correctly, they will go unnoticed. They only get noticed when something goes wrong.
Another reason for the lack of talented experts is the deficiency of math and science graduates from U.S. universities. To combat this problem the National Security Agency recently set up new cyber-ops programs at a few choice universities to increase the number of cyber experts needed for secret intelligence operations. In addition, Northrop Grumman Corp partnered with the University of Maryland and opened the first honors program in cyber security.
Even though there have been steps made to increase the number of computer security experts, the estimated shortage is still predicted to be in the 40,000s.
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